The Art of Shaving Sandalwood Shaving Cream

Sometimes I have a taste for the finer things in life, which I blame on my addiction to the television show MTV Cribs.

Unfortunately, I can only dream of enjoying the finer things, because Iâ€™m a cheap bastard and the salary of a quasi-product review blog editor is zero.

So instead of enjoying $50 Godiva chocolates, I eat a 59 cent Hersheyâ€™s chocolate bar. Whenever I have the urge for $100 Russian caviar (fish eggs), I eat $2.99 chicken eggs. When I wanted to buy a $35,000 Lexus IS-300, I instead settled for a $15,000 Toyota Corolla. Finally, when I wanted a $100 bottle of Cristal, I ended up with a $4.99 wine in a box.

As some of you know, I went to Las Vegas for Thanksgiving. While there I happened to come across The Art of Shaving Shop in the Mandalay Bay Resort. I was familiar with The Art of Shaving products thanks to my subscription to Menâ€™s Health magazine, which I have to make me pretend Iâ€™m healthy.

Their products are considered cheap for those who wear a monocle and top hat, like the Monopoly guy, but DAMN expensive for EVERYONE else.

So Iâ€™m in the store and I decided to try some shaving cream. I looked at the price and it was twenty frickinâ€™ dollars. You can get TEN cans of Edge Shaving Gel for twenty bucks. I thought that price was crazy, but then I remembered the Godiva, caviar, Lexus, and Cristal I couldnâ€™t have and decided that this may be the only chance I get to enjoy one of the finer things in life.

I ended up plopping down twenty dollars for the sandalwood shaving cream. (I decided on the sandalwood, because itâ€™s known to be an aphrodisiac and I need all the help I can get with the ladies.)

The texture of the shaving cream is much like Noxzema Cream. The sandalwood aroma was very nice and I guess it really does work as an aphrodisiac, because it turned me on to myself.

One of the cool things about this shaving cream is that I can use it without a brush or with a brush. However, I didnâ€™t know what kind of brush to use, since Iâ€™ve never used a shaving cream that gave me the option of using a brush.

Using logic, I figured a toothbrush creates a good lather with toothpaste, so why not shaving cream? Unfortunately, my logic sucks and the toothbrush took away whatever dead skin cells I had and much of my epidermis.

Later, I found out that thereâ€™s something called a shaving cream brush, which The Art of Shaving has, but the bristles are made out of (Iâ€™m not making this up) badger hair. (Editorâ€™s Note: There are several beaver jokes I could put right here, but I will refrain.)

One thing I noticed about this shaving cream is that it doesnâ€™t lather up as much as other shaving creams and gels, which I think allowed me to have a closer and smoother shave.

Overall, Iâ€™m getting better shaving results with The Art of Shaving Sandalwood Shaving Cream and now that Iâ€™m enjoying one of the finer things in life, I need to purchase a monocle and top hat.

Item: The Art of Shaving Sandalwood Shaving CreamPurchase Price: $20.00!!!Rating: 6 out of 10Pros: Closer shave. Nice aroma, which may turn you on to yourself.Cons: Holy crap! DAMN expensive! Affordable for those who own Boardwalk, Park Place, and the rest of the Monopoly board.

I find myself sitting at my desk laughing out loud at your blog….people are starting to wonder about me. I sit alone in the reception area. You definitely brighten our days, Marvo! Sandalwood does smell GREAT!

My friend, sometimes a man needs to make some monetary sacrifices to obtain the ladies- and the gents. You think 20$ is expensive to spend on shaving cream? What about the 50$ or more we women spend on perfume so that we smell good for men? ‘Tis all about the small sacrifices.

“Shhhhhhaving cream, be nice and clean;
Shave every day and you’ll always look keen.” Yes. Your post reminded me of an old song from the also old Dr. Demento show. Kinda ties in with the psychiatric reception area comment. But here’s what I wanna know: did you use one of those real shaving blades, or just a regular safety razor? Because, you know, a real man would use the authentic blade. Especially when using $2o shaving cream.